The Trump chicken also was used as a mascot for tax marches across the country with protesters demanding the president release his tax returns. A parody account of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, meanwhile, snarked, "The #TrumpChicken is actually an advertisement for the President's new fried chicken restaurant".

By using stark terms, Carafano said Trump aimed to tell "the people who put him into office that you voted for me to be a tough commander in chief and I will defend the nation". He is on vacation in New Jersey. A 10-foot Trump chicken sells for $500, reports said.

Brar says it's facing the White House today because Trump is "playing chicken" with North Korea. He said: "I brought the chicken to make a statement to critique the president's behaviour". Designed by a Seattle-based artist to commemorate the Chinese New Year, Brar originally deployed the inflatable bird at the Tax March protest in April-but this week he really took off. While Priebus, a former Republican National Committee chair who struggled to gain his footing in the White House, was more partisan, Kelly has assumed a role more geared to running operations smoothly and being a "neutral mediator".

Ex-PM Barak slams Netanyahu's 'whining' at solidarity rallyHe's repeatedly described them as part of a witch hunt waged by his political opponents, and says he did nothing wrong. They allegedly received thousands of shekels in champagne and expensive cigars from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan .

A giant inflatable chicken bearing the unmistakable hairstyle of the commander-in-chief transfixed tourists and television cameras in the nation's capital on Wednesday afternoon. "And he also likes to tweet at or around sunrise, and if you take away the fact that roosters are kind of loud and self-absorbed, then I think you can start drawing similarities that way".